Between Copernicus and Galileo : Christoph Clavius and the Collapse of Ptolemaic Cosmology.

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Between Copernicus and Galileo is the story of Christoph Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer and teacher whose work helped set the standards by which Galileo's famous claims appeared so radical, and whose teachings guided the intellectual and scientific agenda of the Church in the central years of t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lattis, James M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994.
Temas:
Clavius, Christoph, > 1538-1612.
Ptolemy, > active 2nd century.
Clavius, Christoph, > 1538-1612
Ptolemy, > active 2nd century
Cosmology, Medieval.
Astronomy, Medieval.
Cosmologie médiévale.
Astronomie médiévale.
Astronomy, Medieval
Cosmology, Medieval
christoph clavius, jesuit, science, astronomy, heresy, catholic church, scientific revolution, mersenne, descartes, gassendi, cosmology, natural philosophy, aristotle, ptolemy, tycho, copernicus, telescope, planets, sun, orbit, universe, heliocentric, nonfiction, history, theology, medieval, celestial spheres, mathematics, discovery, instruments, observation, religion.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Illustrations; Preface; Note on Editions; One: Clavius's Astronomical Work and Life; Two: Jesuit Mathematics and Ptolemaic Astonomy; Three: The Defense of ptolemaic Sosmology; Four: The Rival Comologies; Five: Cosmological Debate and the Rebuttal of Copernicus; Six: Strains on Ptolemaic Cosmology; Seven: Galileo, Tycho, and the Fate of the Celestial Spheres; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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